MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 47.39,-95.85 Latitude: 47.39 Longitude: -95.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 174 SFC 974 408 26.8 16.9 55 9.9 20.1 254 8 302.3 304.6 294.1 339.4 12.56 2 950 623 22.8 15.4 63 7.4 17.9 255 8 300.3 302.4 292.9 334.6 11.68 3 900 1091 18.3 14.3 78 4.0 15.7 259 8 300.3 302.4 292.7 333.9 11.45 4 850 1578 14.8 8.8 67 6.0 11.2 273 5 301.7 303.2 290.7 326.5 8.38 5 800 2087 10.1 7.1 81 3.1 8.3 341 5 301.9 303.4 290.4 325.5 7.91 6 750 2620 5.9 4.0 88 1.9 4.8 18 10 302.9 304.2 289.8 323.4 6.81 7 700 3181 2.3 -0.2 84 2.4 1.0 34 14 305.0 306.0 289.2 321.5 5.40 8 650 3776 -0.9 -4.0 80 3.1 -2.3 36 10 308.0 308.8 289.2 321.6 4.39 9 600 4413 -2.8 -18.0 30 15.2 -7.9 45 10 312.9 313.2 288.1 318.0 1.54 10 550 5098 -6.6 -18.4 38 11.9 -10.5 45 11 316.3 316.6 289.3 321.7 1.62 11 500 5834 -11.2 -27.2 25 16.0 -15.2 46 11 319.4 319.5 289.5 322.2 0.82 12 450 6633 -17.4 -35.8 18 18.4 -20.7 71 16 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.8 0.40 13 400 7505 -22.3 -59.5 2 37.2 -25.5 81 29 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.1 0.03 14 350 8467 -31.5 -51.6 12 20.1 -33.0 80 25 326.3 326.4 290.7 326.7 0.09 15 300 9537 -40.9 -53.1 26 12.1 -41.5 82 23 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.09 16 250 10751 -50.4 -57.4 44 6.9 -50.6 87 37 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.07 17 200 12181 -56.0 -68.2 20 12.2 -56.2 52 14 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 13997 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.2 55 11 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16555 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 350 7 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.80 m Freezing level: 664.14 mb = 3608.19 m = 11837.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.79 mb = 3357.75 m = 11016.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.60 % Est. max temperature: 26.38 C = 79.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.07 mb = 1646.51 m = 5401.87 ft T: 14.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 17.91 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.57 mb = 1771.98 m = 5813.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.34 C = 79.41 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.52 C Showalter Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 32.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 859.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.58 mb = 1631.50 m = 5352.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.58 mb = 1883.80 m = 6180.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.58 mb = 11296.93 m = 37062.96 ft B at Equ Level: 841.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.58 mb = 13606.57 m = 44640.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 29.0 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 59.0 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 40.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 23.07 Bulk Shear: 37.26 m/s